The 7 Deadly Sins of Social Media

Social media is the hot topic these days. As stated by Wikipedia (one of the many social media resources), social media describes the online technologies and practices that people use to share opinions, insights, experiences, and perspectives. Social media can take many different forms, including text, images, audio, and video. These sites typically use technologies such as blogs, message boards, podcasts, wikis, and vlogs to allow users to interact.

As marketers, how do we fully maximize the power of these social outlets? Catherine Toole, a writer for E-consultancy.com, recently posted an article discussing some of the biggest mistakes marketers make when writing, planning & placing content in various social media outlets.

Not setting a strategy

Quantity versus quality sites (the client sells IT software & content is placed in MySpace versus an IT specialized community)

Ignoring the rules of engagement (“digging” your own stuff)

Lack of resources (not enough time or manpower to maintain content or respond to customers)

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Ben Lloyd serves as Principal at Add3 and manages the agency’s Portland office. Ben got his start in SEM way back in 1999 – when there was like, 15 search engines and Google was barely a thing. Prior to Add3, Ben had founded Amplify Interactive in 2003 (which was acquired by Add3 in 2013), and hasn’t looked back since. Ben likes lots of stuff like golf, pinball, food(ie), booze/beer/wine – in that order, etc. Mostly – he likes doing that stuff with his friends. Ben is also co-founder of SEMpdx. Connect with Ben on LinkedIn